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The problem of governments using facial recognition software

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
May 24, 2018
"They know both the question and the answer," one CEO says.
A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2017.
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For small companies, doing business in Europe may not be worth the cost

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
May 17, 2018
Large companies are spending millions to comply with Europe's new data laws; that could prove tough for smaller businesses.
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Getting "terms of service" updates lately? Here's why

by Amy Scott , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
May 4, 2018
Europe is about to enact the GDPR, a set of new privacy rules for the web.
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The Data Economy: Policy (or lack thereof)

by Molly Wood
Apr 12, 2018
The U.S. has few policies around privacy and data. That's great, until it's bad.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11, 2018 in Washington, D.C. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33, after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign.
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The Data Economy: Introduction

by Molly Wood
Apr 10, 2018
Exploring how privacy, policy, advertising and politics led to a data crisis.
A mobile phone screen displays the icons for the social networking apps Facebook and Twitter, taken in Manchester, England on March 22, 2018. 
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Cloudflare promises to keep users' web data from ISPs

by Jon Gordon , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 4, 2018
Internet service providers track customers' web data and sell it, so is there a way to keep your information private?
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Why Facebook thinks you know these random people

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 28, 2018
The social media platform is tracking more about your acquaintances than you might realize.
Facebook comes up with some interesting "people you may know" suggestions.
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What Amazon’s former chief scientist says about personal data rights

by Ben Johnson and Danielle Stephens
Feb 2, 2017
Amazon's former chief scientist Andreas Weigend says that data can be empowering in a post-privacy economy.
A lot of companies, big and unknown alike, often take information collected from you and sell it to other companies.
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Apple wants to know users better without knowing them

by Molly Wood
Jun 21, 2016
Apple's new operating system could give the company more data to better compete.
Apple has a new operating system that will be introduced this fall.
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Our most immutable material

by Molly Wood
Mar 16, 2016
23andMe’s Kate Black on protecting genetic data.
23andMe provides genetics testing to customers. 
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